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(L-R) Claire Askew, Denise Mina, David Baldacci, Doug Johnstone, Manda Scott, Craig Robertson and Ambrose Parry (Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman) photographed at the torchlit procession at Stirling Castle for Bloody Scotland(Photo: Paul Reich)

Bloody Scotland was another crime success story

The Bloody Scotland crime writing festival had an attendance of over 10,000 for the first time. McIlvanney Prize winner, Manda Scott, set the tone for...

A chance for Scots writers to fire up their career

Scottish Book Trust, the national charity transforming lives through reading and writing, has announced that applications are open for the Ignite Fellowship. Now in its...

Celebrating Scotland through some hearty eats

I like this book, despite its deeply dodgy design and layout and despite the fact that much of the photography looks dated. I can look...

Stirling’s secrets are revealed in a new book

Stirling is Scotland's smallest Royal City, and also one of its newest. But, strangely, itā€™s also the ancient capital and one of the most important...

A cracking psychological thriller

In this psychological thriller, Breakers, 17-year-old Tyler is the glue that is holding his family together ā€“ just. Living in a deprived Edinburgh tower block,...

MacCrimmon pipes up for a fun children’s book

Young MacCrimmon and the Silver Chanter is a comical childrenā€™s story tells the story of a piping school and the struggle of a young pupil,...